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it's greater in egypt than tunisia. if e with look at -- we tied three of the two surveys -- what is the role of religion in the vote for the islamist party? is it because that large proportion of the population have very religious political values? or because they are very sort of devote muslims making them vote for the islamist party. or how does religion play to the election results? so we try to look at sort of regression annalist on both countries where we have, of course, you have the demographic background variable, axe, gender, communication so on. you look at ways to conceptualize religion. people have religious, quote, unquote religious value. to the extent they feel that religion should play a part in the state. another way of over rationalizing religion is do you have a religious identity. the first identity being a muslim or an gips or tunisia? and the third way of the rationizing religion is behavior. do you -- off do you go to the mosque and how often do you pray? and to the extend of -- i will give you t
it's greater in egypt than tunisia. if e with look at -- we tied three of the two surveys -- what is the role of religion in the vote for the islamist party? is it because that large proportion of the population have very religious political values? or because they are very sort of devote muslims making them vote for the islamist party. or how does religion play to the election results? so we try to look at sort of regression annalist on both countries where we have, of course, you have the...
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in tunisia, new protests broke out in the capital, demanding the end of the government. it was the second day of unrest sparked by the killing of a leading opposition figure. we have a report narrated by jonathan rugman of "independent television news." >> reporter: in tunis today, crowds converged on the interior ministry on the same spot where the so-called arab spring began two years ago. "the people want the downfall of the regime" the chant once again. but this time the tear gas came from police loyal not to a dictator but to tunisia's democratically elected government, one which now stands accuse of complicity in political assassination. the victim was chokri belaid, shot outside his home yesterday by a gunman on a motorbike. belaid had appeared on television the night before he died. the s.e.c. tar politician told his interview that tunisia's governing islamist party harbored religious factions which incited violence. his killing prompted the biggest explosion of anger since the revolution itself. groups claiming that revolution had been stolen by islamists who wo
in tunisia, new protests broke out in the capital, demanding the end of the government. it was the second day of unrest sparked by the killing of a leading opposition figure. we have a report narrated by jonathan rugman of "independent television news." >> reporter: in tunis today, crowds converged on the interior ministry on the same spot where the so-called arab spring began two years ago. "the people want the downfall of the regime" the chant once again. but this...
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tunisia $320 million. think it is unacceptable. we lost four individuals who gave their lives serving our country and some. have been some the thought that our government will give that foreign aid to the morsi government and not have the fbi and being given the access to that individual to is unacceptable. if you could keep the committee informed on the progress of the morsi government giving you access, i would appreciate it,. ann patterson told me she would raise it and she told me secretary kerry was going to raise it. i don't know if he did. if you could let me know in a week or two. >> i will do that. on friday, a federal judge in california declared the fbi oppose the use of national security letters unconstitutional,. i assume the department will pursue an appeal. do you have any comment on the fbi's use of national security national-security letters in a tool to protect national security? >> the arc critical tool. in terms of establishing pren invasive or more extensive investigations. without the ability to get informatio
tunisia $320 million. think it is unacceptable. we lost four individuals who gave their lives serving our country and some. have been some the thought that our government will give that foreign aid to the morsi government and not have the fbi and being given the access to that individual to is unacceptable. if you could keep the committee informed on the progress of the morsi government giving you access, i would appreciate it,. ann patterson told me she would raise it and she told me secretary...
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in tunisia. pensions go on the red list in the u.k. the prediction is that the entire five at saving system could collapse as the young lose interest in putting a little aside for the future that's ahead. plus the head of internet giant google is visiting north korea in a few minutes we'll ask an expert whether pyongyang is ready to drop its social and economic fall. well that's still to come and plenty of other stories but first the british government marking its midterm point use the day to pat itself on the back and tally up its achievements from education reforms to shutting down tax loopholes the government's list wasn't short with the promise of more to come and let's hear more now on what the prime minister had to say from r.t. so joining me there in london listening today you could be forgiven for thinking there's not been a single problem these last two and a half years when you. oh prime minister david cameron and the deputy leaders because it should nick clegg giving one of their rare chewing public appearances together to d
in tunisia. pensions go on the red list in the u.k. the prediction is that the entire five at saving system could collapse as the young lose interest in putting a little aside for the future that's ahead. plus the head of internet giant google is visiting north korea in a few minutes we'll ask an expert whether pyongyang is ready to drop its social and economic fall. well that's still to come and plenty of other stories but first the british government marking its midterm point use the day to...
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forty eight year old lawyer to criticize the islamist government for creating a really just state in tunisia and to bury in democracy now the light is dead but his ideas are not in the museum. the country has been in crisis economic political and social the ruling troika how to chone it's been a year and a home but we didn't see any progress the death of all commemorate becomes the last june. anger moved to the streets with protesters demanding the authorities and mabel to protect its citizens to leave the. city with. this i'm crying because below he was a symbol of dignity and a symbol of the defense of the country that this is a political assassination and that means the violence is not over the political short people can lose yet the interior ministry said that one million and they have joined the ceremony that turned into a political manifestation people said that if the crowd reached the city center it would have been the last day of the government. as your attend the funeral of shockey belayed on friday after the seventy try to make their way to the city's main haven't yet to continue
forty eight year old lawyer to criticize the islamist government for creating a really just state in tunisia and to bury in democracy now the light is dead but his ideas are not in the museum. the country has been in crisis economic political and social the ruling troika how to chone it's been a year and a home but we didn't see any progress the death of all commemorate becomes the last june. anger moved to the streets with protesters demanding the authorities and mabel to protect its citizens...
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lawyer shockley ability to criticize the islamist government for creating and really just state in tunisia and burying democracy now delight is dead but his ideas are not in the museum. the country has been in crisis economic political and social the ruling troika how to chona it's been a year and a home but we didn't see any progress the death of all commemorate becomes the last june. anger moved to the streets with protesters demanding the authorities and they built to protect its citizens to leave the city with. some crime because below he was a symbol of dignity and a symbol of the defense of the country that this is a political assassination and that means the violence is not over. the interior ministry said that one million in the have joined the ceremony that turned into a political minister's station people said that if the crowd reached the city center it would have been the last day of the government. as your attend the funeral of shockey belayed on friday after the seventy try to make their way to the city's main haven't yet to continue antic i didn't protest but they were not a
lawyer shockley ability to criticize the islamist government for creating and really just state in tunisia and burying democracy now delight is dead but his ideas are not in the museum. the country has been in crisis economic political and social the ruling troika how to chona it's been a year and a home but we didn't see any progress the death of all commemorate becomes the last june. anger moved to the streets with protesters demanding the authorities and they built to protect its citizens to...
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and if you noticed in both tunisia, egypt libya the head of the state departed. and early on the revolution started we were appealing to assad to leave and we were willing to foresee a role for him personally. but as more killing tock place, as more crimes were committed, he is designated as a war criminal by the u.n. we had a meeting. he said he committed crimes against humanity. this is the designation of the international human rights organization and you expect as suffered so much, people who lost their lives their family, saying he should continue because there are some people who might be concerned about their safety in the future? that's really nonacceptable. believe me this is the majority of syrians. now, i would address the other side and say he is a liability. you don't need to fight to the very last for this family, this mafia type family that's committed so many crimes, that's so corrupt, that led you to this situation. but what i would say is that. and we made a lot of appeals to the alloit community. and we have in the coalition a presentation from
and if you noticed in both tunisia, egypt libya the head of the state departed. and early on the revolution started we were appealing to assad to leave and we were willing to foresee a role for him personally. but as more killing tock place, as more crimes were committed, he is designated as a war criminal by the u.n. we had a meeting. he said he committed crimes against humanity. this is the designation of the international human rights organization and you expect as suffered so much, people...
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turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe in tunisia thousands marched against the islamist government big queues of assassinating choke rebill a had a prominent secular politician it was the biggest organized rally since bin laden was shot dead forty days ago was a spectacle political motivations of his murder sparked public outcry forcing the prime minister to resign friday although the ruling party denies involvement in the crime yesterday's rally was the biggest to shake tunisia since this jasmine revolution two years ago. over in nearby egypt hundreds of hardcore football fans rallied in cairo for the release of their recently detained comrades known as ultras thirty eight of them were arrested and charged last week after trying to set fire to a port where one of their fellow members was on trial tensions have been running high in the country since twenty one people were given the death penalty for their role in the twenty fold football riots during which seventy four people died. china's new leader xi jinping has pledged to fight for the great renaissance
turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe in tunisia thousands marched against the islamist government big queues of assassinating choke rebill a had a prominent secular politician it was the biggest organized rally since bin laden was shot dead forty days ago was a spectacle political motivations of his murder sparked public outcry forcing the prime minister to resign friday although the ruling party denies involvement in the crime yesterday's rally was the biggest to...
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the man released in tunisia, do you think we had anything on him or not? the reasoning i intervened is because i was told this is a leading suspect in attack on the consulate. why did i have to do that? why didn't you call them. when the ambassador was attacked in june of this year and they closed their consulate did you know about it and why did we keep ours open? we are just scratching the service. nothing could be further from the truth about us running out of questions. >> you did have some answers. >> one. >> bret: what was that? >> i asked did you pick up the phone to call a libya official for september 11 in the attack? he said after a two-page letter from the lawyer, no. he called them the next day after they were dead. the rescue team was held up in the benghazi ain't for 3-1/2 hours frying to get to the annex and help these people. i believed that if the president picked up the phone there is no voice in world like that of the president of the united states that could have made a difference. he never called anybody in libya or talked to the secre
the man released in tunisia, do you think we had anything on him or not? the reasoning i intervened is because i was told this is a leading suspect in attack on the consulate. why did i have to do that? why didn't you call them. when the ambassador was attacked in june of this year and they closed their consulate did you know about it and why did we keep ours open? we are just scratching the service. nothing could be further from the truth about us running out of questions. >> you did...
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tunisia man suspected of involvement, has been released from custody. we'll get reaction shortly from one of the administration's biggest critics on the issue. first, national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the story from the pentagon. >> four months to the day since ambassador chrissteins and three others were killed in a terror attack on the u.s. benghazi mission, one of the only suspects in custody has been released. 26-year-old, tunisia detained in turkey was released by tunsen court due to lack of evidence according to the lawyer. he was present in the attack on the u.s. mission, fox news reported in november. based on video that the u.s. intelligence agencies had from the compound. his brother fought against the u.s. forces in iraq and his father encouraged both suns tovo themselveses in jihad, according to the lawyer. the f.b.i. gained access to him in late december. allowed to question him, in what some described as kangaroo court filled with protesters for three hours. law enforcement officials say he was, "probably not a big playe
tunisia man suspected of involvement, has been released from custody. we'll get reaction shortly from one of the administration's biggest critics on the issue. first, national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the story from the pentagon. >> four months to the day since ambassador chrissteins and three others were killed in a terror attack on the u.s. benghazi mission, one of the only suspects in custody has been released. 26-year-old, tunisia detained in turkey was released by...
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we need to stay united for tunisia. the law requires prior authorization from police for political meetings involving three or more people and allows the use of force to clear unauthorized gatherings. the bill passed despite protests and attempts to block it by members of the ugandan government. ofcomes amidst a crackdown the previous president. president obama delivered his latest address on the economy tuesday claiming a recovery in the housing market and calling for private lenders to form the backbone of the market while the government plays a more limited role. speaking in phoenix, ariz., he backed a plan to end the firms fannie mae and freddie mac in the effort to avoid another crisis. >> one thing we can do to make sure this doesn't happen again is to wind down these companies that are not really government but private-sector. they are known as freddie mac and fannie mae. for too long, these companies were allowed to make huge profits, buying mortgages, knowing that if their bets when that, taxpayers would be lef
we need to stay united for tunisia. the law requires prior authorization from police for political meetings involving three or more people and allows the use of force to clear unauthorized gatherings. the bill passed despite protests and attempts to block it by members of the ugandan government. ofcomes amidst a crackdown the previous president. president obama delivered his latest address on the economy tuesday claiming a recovery in the housing market and calling for private lenders to form...
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i think first of all tunisias did not offer one two and i want to give them the benefit of the doubt. they have got this guy and identified him. trying to use him to find other people involved in this. that's the best hope i can get out of this. in terms of people testifying in front of the administration of course they can go forward and testify. are they going to give themselves in trouble for promotions for other things if they do it. a threat like that to somebody is in and ever itself against the law. this guy speaking with, you know, his voice covered up in darkness, i'm sure that he believes what he saw, but he still could come forward and i would be shocked if something were to happen to him and he didn't get a promotion that he wouldn't -- people wouldn't be all over about it. >> he is actually not one of the people who wants to testify. he claims that he knows that the perpetrator, the mastermind of the benghazi attack is free. he knows who he is and a lot of people do know it the actually people who want to come forward have been threatened saying, listen, if you do that. >
i think first of all tunisias did not offer one two and i want to give them the benefit of the doubt. they have got this guy and identified him. trying to use him to find other people involved in this. that's the best hope i can get out of this. in terms of people testifying in front of the administration of course they can go forward and testify. are they going to give themselves in trouble for promotions for other things if they do it. a threat like that to somebody is in and ever itself...
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in tunisia. i hope i would have the support of the committee when we mark up. i think it is unacceptable. we lost four individuals who gave their life serving our country. the very thought that our problem will give the foreign aid to the morsi government and not having the fbi having access to that individual is unacceptable. anne patterson told issue would raise it to thomas secretary kerry was going to raise it. >> on friday, a federal judge in california to declare the letters unconstitutional. do you have any comment on the fbi's use of national security letters and your use of them as a tool. >> they are a critical tool establishing a predicate -- they are essential tools in terms of establishing a predicate. without them, we would be working with one hand tied behind our backs. it has been addressed elsewhere. i know she has stayed the ruling so that an appeal can be taken. second circuit address the same the actionsund that to the way we're operating under that particular statute it via the constitutional -- in-line my expectation is it is addressed. ei
in tunisia. i hope i would have the support of the committee when we mark up. i think it is unacceptable. we lost four individuals who gave their life serving our country. the very thought that our problem will give the foreign aid to the morsi government and not having the fbi having access to that individual is unacceptable. anne patterson told issue would raise it to thomas secretary kerry was going to raise it. >> on friday, a federal judge in california to declare the letters...
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libya the head of the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled the regime and borders with tunisia and egypt will be closed for five days and some international airlines have even suspended flights to the country and there are growing calls for protests and the threat of possible street violence and libya expert massenet says authorities are scared and are involving western forces to defend themselves. they're afraid of a big big demonstrations like they did with not to with. when not to was bombing so there are a saying to the people if you come out we would be hard with you they are taking people to the prisons airplanes are eyeing on the you know war airplanes are flying air into people be people are being mean being mercenaries are coming from outside for the libyan government before i mean. the most important thing was no idea and they were had big big controls for that neighborhood went inside leave yet and any time they have the idea there was one kind of people inside they were throwing them away they were very hard with the al qaeda people in libya before and now seems not
libya the head of the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled the regime and borders with tunisia and egypt will be closed for five days and some international airlines have even suspended flights to the country and there are growing calls for protests and the threat of possible street violence and libya expert massenet says authorities are scared and are involving western forces to defend themselves. they're afraid of a big big demonstrations like they did with not to with. when not...
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these are the biggest and loudest protests in tunisia since the revolution there two years ago. the one that sparked the whole arab spring. a vocal critic of the government was shot dead outside his home yesterday. that infuriated people who say he was assassinated. it was political. they were already unhappy with tunisia's political situation since the arab spring the new islamist led government is keeping down individual freedoms. the people are not happy. tunisia's prime minister fired his cabinet and called for new elections hoping to calm tensions, then his deputy said the party wasn't unified on that. and it might not happen. we are watching developments. >>> let's gets back to our top story. a shooter on the loose in los angeles. the suspect a former cop is identified as christopher dorner. he was fired from the police force five years ago. and he might now be seeking revenge. dorner accused of shooting three los angeles police officers early this morning. one of them fatally, plus he's the prime suspect in a double killing over the weekend. we are covering all angles of
these are the biggest and loudest protests in tunisia since the revolution there two years ago. the one that sparked the whole arab spring. a vocal critic of the government was shot dead outside his home yesterday. that infuriated people who say he was assassinated. it was political. they were already unhappy with tunisia's political situation since the arab spring the new islamist led government is keeping down individual freedoms. the people are not happy. tunisia's prime minister fired his...
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libya this ahead of the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled the regime and borders with tunisia and egypt will be closed for five days and some international airlines have even suspended flights to the country and there are growing calls for protests on the threat of possible street violence and libya expert massenet says authorities are scared and are involving western forces to defend themselves. they're afraid of a big big demonstrations like they did with not to with. we're not to lose bone in so there are saying to the people if you come out we would be hard with you they are taking people to their prisons airplanes are full eyeing on the you know war airplanes are flying off the air in t.v. people are mean the mercenaries are coming in from outside for the libyan government before i mean you know. the most important thing was no idea and they were had big b. controls for the time that never when to incite leave yet and any time they have the idea there was one kind of people inside yes they were throwing them away they were very hard with the al-qaeda people in libya befor
libya this ahead of the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled the regime and borders with tunisia and egypt will be closed for five days and some international airlines have even suspended flights to the country and there are growing calls for protests on the threat of possible street violence and libya expert massenet says authorities are scared and are involving western forces to defend themselves. they're afraid of a big big demonstrations like they did with not to with. we're...
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although the tunisia prime minister denies it. he promised a full investigation and to catch those responsible for the murder. alisyn: do we have answer wlormt this assassination will spark more violence? >> reporter: we've already seen three days of violence and protest in tunisia and clashes with the police. and their main demand of the protesters, that the conservative islamic government steps down in tunisia. in tunisia we've seen muslim clerics call for opposition leaders to be killed. is far it hasn't happened in egypt yet but the egyptian government is promising more police and support and protection for opposition figures. given the problems in the country it is very possible we could see some type of attack on opposition leaders and both of these countries are coming out of a difficult political transition that have often been more violent than democratic. alisyn. alisyn: a real tinderbox there of tension. conor powell, thanks for the update. rick: coming up after the break, a troubling sign as the president prepares to d
although the tunisia prime minister denies it. he promised a full investigation and to catch those responsible for the murder. alisyn: do we have answer wlormt this assassination will spark more violence? >> reporter: we've already seen three days of violence and protest in tunisia and clashes with the police. and their main demand of the protesters, that the conservative islamic government steps down in tunisia. in tunisia we've seen muslim clerics call for opposition leaders to be...
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the people of egypt, libya, yemen, and tunisia, did not trade the tyranny of a dictator for the tyranny of a mob. >> bret: your thoughts, just seeing the two clips. the last clip is obviously at the, at andrew's when the bodies were coming home. >> yeah, i think obviously that contradicts the reality of what we know. what we all know about this operation. which is that it was al-qaeda. it's, it took the administration what? 14 days during campaign to admit that that was the case? we still have a hard time extracting that admission, don't we. but the reality is in hindsight that everyone can see the evidence now. of an al-qaeda operation that frankly is now expanded all the way to, well, two-third of mals now under the control of the aqim. with the very weaponry they took out of libya. with the very shoulder-fired missiles that they took out of the inventory in libya. now they are in algeria. just made an attack on a gas facility. so yes, we are trying to push the information out to american public, as to who really it was behind this attack. i think we have succeeded in debunking that t
the people of egypt, libya, yemen, and tunisia, did not trade the tyranny of a dictator for the tyranny of a mob. >> bret: your thoughts, just seeing the two clips. the last clip is obviously at the, at andrew's when the bodies were coming home. >> yeah, i think obviously that contradicts the reality of what we know. what we all know about this operation. which is that it was al-qaeda. it's, it took the administration what? 14 days during campaign to admit that that was the case? we...
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getting weak in tunisia to say criticism in turkey for the rule they have leaned against syria the rule of qatar is very obvious that it is truly a fight true you've made your lies with jazeera this is also object of a lot of criticism that there has been a change at the head of qatar so i think they have to do something to try to change the balance of the forces but they don't really know what they are going to do you know right investigative journalist michelle cullen thank you very much indeed for your time said a little the german government has become the first in the wild to recognize a bit coin as an illegal private currency transactions conducted in the vital cash will be subject to sales tax in the country and bitcoin may now be exchanged for other choruses within the banking system owner reports now from the capital of bitcoin in. it's a real step towards it becoming a universally accepted legitimate but the option to state issued currencies now it is quite popular here in germany particularly here in berlin where if you go to some bars and restaurants you can actually pay for
getting weak in tunisia to say criticism in turkey for the rule they have leaned against syria the rule of qatar is very obvious that it is truly a fight true you've made your lies with jazeera this is also object of a lot of criticism that there has been a change at the head of qatar so i think they have to do something to try to change the balance of the forces but they don't really know what they are going to do you know right investigative journalist michelle cullen thank you very much...
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then an uprising in tunisia, followed by a popular revolt against mubarak. the arab spring would present the president with a defining foreign policy crisis. in march 2011, he addressed the american people from national defense university in washington. the president who wanted to pivot away from the middle east was now explaining why he was intervening in a civil war in labia. to stop a bloodbath, in a port city that most americans had never heard of. a place called benghazi. >> if we waited one more day, benghazi would suffer a massacre that would have reverberated across the region and stained the conscious of the world. i refused to let that happen. >> reporter: but saving benghazi from gadhafi was not the end of that story. at that moment, in a jail cell in southern california, a check kiting former meth cooker, named nakula basili nakula was working on a loopy scheme. it employed a low budget, comically inept movie that nakula called "desert warrior." federal authorities would only allow an interview over the phone. >> what was your intent? >> just to
then an uprising in tunisia, followed by a popular revolt against mubarak. the arab spring would present the president with a defining foreign policy crisis. in march 2011, he addressed the american people from national defense university in washington. the president who wanted to pivot away from the middle east was now explaining why he was intervening in a civil war in labia. to stop a bloodbath, in a port city that most americans had never heard of. a place called benghazi. >> if we...
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scholars from ciro, from fez in morocco, from tunisia came in. their own scholars began major debates on issues of religion, of law, and shared scientific knowledge. >> brown: that's the melting pot, right, because of all those different cultures because it was such a commercial center >> absolutely. it was a wealthy center. it was a commercial center and it was open. open to people coming from different parts of africa, of the middle east, and even from turkey and from erope. so it was an enormously cosmopolitan if you want as well as learning centers >> brown: it's no longer that and yet it preserves much of that past. i mean, how much is... how much of that life still goes on now? >> well, it's limited. obviously. it is still at the cross roads. it is still important at times but it is those manuscripts that are the heart of timbuktu. it is there that preserves the history of the peoe who live there. of course, the monuments themselves. timbuktu is a world heritage site. so it remains like some of the ancient cities, a place of wonder and of b
scholars from ciro, from fez in morocco, from tunisia came in. their own scholars began major debates on issues of religion, of law, and shared scientific knowledge. >> brown: that's the melting pot, right, because of all those different cultures because it was such a commercial center >> absolutely. it was a wealthy center. it was a commercial center and it was open. open to people coming from different parts of africa, of the middle east, and even from turkey and from erope. so it...
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for example, this recent revolution in tunisia. it is logistically impossible. so instead, our organization delegates its excess source material to other journalists who will have more impact and who will do a better job. >> there is an element of the press--most of the mainstream press--nobody wants to see you prosecuted. because it could affect the way that they do their business. but there's also a feeling within the community that you're not one of them, that you play a different game. >> we do play a different game. and i hope we're a new way. >> the point that they're making, i think, is that you're not a--you're a publisher, but you're also an activist. >> wait, whoa. we're a particular type of activist. in the u.s. context, there seems to be communist activists or something, so it's a-- >> right, agitator. >> it's a dirty word in the u.s. >> it's a dirty word. and people think that what you're trying to do is to sabotage the workings of government. >> no. we're not that type of activists. we are free press activists. it's not about saving the whales. it'
for example, this recent revolution in tunisia. it is logistically impossible. so instead, our organization delegates its excess source material to other journalists who will have more impact and who will do a better job. >> there is an element of the press--most of the mainstream press--nobody wants to see you prosecuted. because it could affect the way that they do their business. but there's also a feeling within the community that you're not one of them, that you play a different...
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forgotten revolution nearly three years have gone by since the people of the rain inspired by them see tunisia and egypt both up against an oppressive regime and demanded reform but their uprising was brutally crushed within a matter of weeks who have published their name and the picture of all the people responsible of the human rights violation in my country. starting from the small police officer and minister of interior reaching to the king of bahrain who is legally responsible of all the human rights violations and syud yousif elmo hafter has been forced to seek refuge in europe because of death threats against him and his family and i gather bahraini activists he criticizes washington and its allies for being quick to condemn crackdowns in some countries while ignoring others oh it's better than the human rights in bahrain and it was their interests it's better than human rights as a diversion in bahrain so that's where we are a victims. of their better standard because we live in oil going to be last week the global manami dialogue forum pointedly ignored the crackdown u.s. secretary of
forgotten revolution nearly three years have gone by since the people of the rain inspired by them see tunisia and egypt both up against an oppressive regime and demanded reform but their uprising was brutally crushed within a matter of weeks who have published their name and the picture of all the people responsible of the human rights violation in my country. starting from the small police officer and minister of interior reaching to the king of bahrain who is legally responsible of all the...
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lot more like this including nations like algeria lebanon morocco egypt respect as in tajikistan iran tunisia saudi arabia syria and really the list just goes on and on so this war is far more expansive than most of us can even imagine and some in congress now want to rein it in the hill reports today that early draft language in the new national defense authorization act would quote require president obama and the pentagon to review all groups or individuals now characterized as associated forces under the current rules the root review mandated by the draft language would require the pentagon to specifically lay out whether those groups or individuals are directly tied to al qaeda operations and if they are engaged with ongoing or future terror plots against the united states or its allies so if congress succeeds in this this will be the first limit imposed on the a meth in more than a decade and as this conflict has now expanded into more regions of the world that we never imagined we'd be dropping bombs on the new limits on this global war on terror is exactly what's needed most in washing
lot more like this including nations like algeria lebanon morocco egypt respect as in tajikistan iran tunisia saudi arabia syria and really the list just goes on and on so this war is far more expansive than most of us can even imagine and some in congress now want to rein it in the hill reports today that early draft language in the new national defense authorization act would quote require president obama and the pentagon to review all groups or individuals now characterized as associated...
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scholars from cairo, from fez in morocco from tunisia came in. their own scholars began major debates on issues of religion of law, and shared scientific knowledge. >> brown: that's the melting pot, right because of all those different cultures because it was such a commercial center >> absolutely. it was a wealthy center. it was a commercial center and it was open. open to people coming from different parts of africa of the middle east, and even from turkey and from europe. so it was an enormously cosmopolitan if you want as well as learning centers >> brown: it's no longer that and yet it preserves much of that past. i mean, how much is... how much of that life still goes on now? >> well, it's limited. obviously. it is still at the cross roads. it is still important at times but it is those manuscripts that are the heart of timbuktu. it is there that preserves the history of the people who live there. of course, the monuments themselves. timbuktu is a world heritage site. so it remains like some of the ancient cities a place of wonder and of be
scholars from cairo, from fez in morocco from tunisia came in. their own scholars began major debates on issues of religion of law, and shared scientific knowledge. >> brown: that's the melting pot, right because of all those different cultures because it was such a commercial center >> absolutely. it was a wealthy center. it was a commercial center and it was open. open to people coming from different parts of africa of the middle east, and even from turkey and from europe. so it...
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everyone's learned their lesson there and i think what you have right now if you look at a map from tunisia going all across north africa through the middle east central asia almost to the borders of china you have one huge strip of land one country for no other in an uproar people could be serially this massive civil war going on egypt were two years afterwards are still chaos and the west the united states with the interest military budget in the word. is unable and unwilling really to do anything about it and yet many are saying that the french have an eye on the resources of mali and that there are many interest of course coming from china to develop all the resources available there in africa but whatever you say some say this is asset stripping that's old at least western countries want but isn't development and investment the way forward whether where it could achieve prosperity and stability after all a lot of the into. but if he comes from people who are disenfranchised you just have nothing else to do absolutely and i think that's what what's what's interesting or ironic about thi
everyone's learned their lesson there and i think what you have right now if you look at a map from tunisia going all across north africa through the middle east central asia almost to the borders of china you have one huge strip of land one country for no other in an uproar people could be serially this massive civil war going on egypt were two years afterwards are still chaos and the west the united states with the interest military budget in the word. is unable and unwilling really to do...
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tens of thousands turned out for the funeral of assassinated opposition leader in tunisia. it is the country's democracy in danger of falling apart? for the first time in european union history, the government reveals a deal to cut the budget. >> ♪ i'll be there ♪ >> a kenyan voice is among thousands performing in china's new year television spectacular. we get the first ever backstage glimpse of rehearsals. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. the birthplace of the arab spring is facing its biggest crisis since its revolution two years ago. tens of thousands of mourners attended the funeral procession in tunisia of the murdered opposition politician chokri belaid, a political
tens of thousands turned out for the funeral of assassinated opposition leader in tunisia. it is the country's democracy in danger of falling apart? for the first time in european union history, the government reveals a deal to cut the budget. >> ♪ i'll be there ♪ >> a kenyan voice is among thousands performing in china's new year television spectacular. we get the first ever backstage glimpse of rehearsals. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around...